I often keep to myself and rarely do I comment on the forums, including NationStates Gameplay. As you may have recently saw, a member of the Confederation of Corrupt Dictators proposed condemning the Civil Defence Siren. I rarely know what the Confederation of Corrupt Dictators is, other than the fact that they roleplay as totalitarians and that its founder, Jocospor, overspends on World Assembly campaigns. I am not a member of the World Assembly, so I didn't vote, and regardless I would've abstained. However, that's beside the point. The fact that Redlandia is still in the Civil Defence Siren suggests that most people view Redlandia as a region that supports fascism, which is not true. Now I understand that the Civil Defence Siren may be an in-character (or roleplaying) tool to combat in-character fascism, but every region on the list, it seems, shares real-life fascist views. Hence it's difficult to determine whether or not we're being generalized for our real-world political views or in-character views; it's very confusing.

As a leftist who resides in Redlandia, when we were in Northern Redlands, all of us assumed that the political views of embassy regions didn't reflect the political views in real life. That suddenly changed after our older region was raided by Antifa. A few weeks after the downfall of Northern Redlands, The Reddington States and Ulrech discovered that such embassy regions, according to their experience off-site, legitimately held fascist views in real life. It prompted a few members, like Novum Vallis, to call for an end in interregional raiding against Antifa. During that same period, after fascists came into our region to commit election fraud, Novum Vallis proposed we should close down embassies with fascist regions. The majority of Redlandians voted to close down embassies with fascists, resulting in anger in the far-right NS community. Redlandia was called a "safe space" and/or a "puppet of Antifa". Vippertooth came into the region to congratulate us but many didn't appreciate that he invaded Northern Redlands to begin with, so a key member (Fereria), who like many others approved the vote to close down fascist embassies, banjected him. The founder privately told me that banjecting him was wrong, but reversing the ban would upset a lot of members. So the banjection remained.

Reddington and Ulrech started to revamp the entire region. Reddington wrote multiple designed dispatches for the region, establishing the region's etiquette and features, while Ulrech overhauled our entire Discord server, which started off shoddy. The election also caused some people to leave, but those people were either extremely right-wing or cancerous to the RMB experience. We felt like that Redlandia was heading towards the right direction.

Since we closed embassies with fascists, we gained a number of left-wingers entering the region. One of those new left-wing users, New Camelot of Avalonia campaigned for a spot in the administration and earned it in a fair, democratic election. Redlandia would have its first truly balanced government where its members have a variety of political views ranging from left to right (but neither communist nor fascist). This was completely unprecendented in regional history as Redlandia, a mostly right-leaning region, was experiencing left-wing influence. We did what the CCD failed to do and that was close embassies with fascists, increase leftist influence in our government, and encourage the condemnation of real-life fascism.

Redlandia is perhaps the most left it's ever been, although I'm not saying it's a leftist region now. But if we've done all of the aforementioned, if members of our administration recently participated in a raid of Farkasfalka, and if we're actively criticizing fascism and Holocaust denial on our own RMB, then why are we still in CDS's list with a myriad of regions that have criticized our region including the founder and the commandant themselves? Why is it that when our members go into off-site platforms for different regions, they are removed from those platforms for being "fascist"? It happened to Charleotopia once, it happened to Ulrech once, and it happened to Reddington twice. Members of our region are being persecuted in other regions because of their affiliation with Redlandia and it's quite disgusting. What this is doing is creating tensions within Redlandia. Most of us want to make it clear that our region is against fascism, and yet a few members don't want that because the NSGP wouldn't accept them anyways. A former member who Ulrech banjected suggested that Redlandia's government should be working with fascists to resist Antifa. A fascist from The Iron Confederacy suggested that Redlandia should become fascist again. A region literally titled The Reich thought that Redlandia was a "bastion of fascism and Nazism" because the CDS said so.

I want my peers at Redlandia to join any region without being labeled a "fascist". I want this "Redlandia is fascist" nonsense to end, now. I want people to actually communicate with us about our views rather than get their heresy from a member of Antifa. Nobody in Redlandia wants to be associated with digustingly racist and bigoted Nazis and fascists.

Redlandia is perhaps the most left it's ever been, although I'm not saying it's a leftist region now. But if we've done all of the aforementioned, if members of our administration recently participated in a raid of Farkasfalka, and if we're actively criticizing fascism and Holocaust denial on our own RMB, then why are we still in CDS's list with a myriad of regions that have criticized our region including the founder and the commandant themselves? Why is it that when our members go into off-site platforms for different regions, they are removed from those platforms for being "fascist"?

Honestly? I think think it's because the program has more to do with posturing then actually fighting fascism. There's a lot of people in the antifa movement because it's a way to gain some kind of moral legitimacy. In other words, it doesn't matter if you are actually fascist or not, only if they can make the label stick.

A free society rests on four boxes: The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the ammo box.

That's good that you're making progress. But it has to be consistent. Maintain the left-wing leanings, go further and eventually that will become people's new memory. The far-right past will be forgotten.

If you go back to fascism, it will only prove the skeptics correct, and any trust that was gained would be broken. Seeing your story now, it's nice, but the first thought that comes to my mind is "Is this a real change? Or is it temporary? After all, it still sounds like it has a lot of right-wingers in it. How do I know they're not prone to becoming fascist once again?"

Keep doing what you're doing. Be consistent, show that this re-alignment is for real and the past will eventually be forgotten. It just takes time.

And it sounds like you guys need to come to the table with the Civil Defense Siren.

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Redlandia is perhaps the most left it's ever been, although I'm not saying it's a leftist region now. But if we've done all of the aforementioned, if members of our administration recently participated in a raid of Farkasfalka, and if we're actively criticizing fascism and Holocaust denial on our own RMB, then why are we still in CDS's list with a myriad of regions that have criticized our region including the founder and the commandant themselves? Why is it that when our members go into off-site platforms for different regions, they are removed from those platforms for being "fascist"?

Honestly? I think think it's because the program has more to do with posturing then actually fighting fascism. There's a lot of people in the antifa movement because it's a way to gain some kind of moral legitimacy. In other words, it doesn't matter if you are actually fascist or not, only if they can make the label stick.

Are you saying that people who have been fighting for 15 years are doing it for extra street cred? Please clarify.

Anyways a good showing from Redlandia. However I strongly advise you stop your association with your founder. I understand that he created that website and stuff, but he's the one that got embassies with NE and CCD and stuff. Also I'm extremely pleased you've raided FF, they are absolutely disgusting

Not really entirely convinced but hopefully y'all are improving, even if by your description I still wouldn't personally associate. Best of luck!

And yeah, Farkas is horrific. Good job.

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Aclion wrote:Honestly? I think think it's because the program has more to do with posturing then actually fighting fascism. There's a lot of people in the antifa movement because it's a way to gain some kind of moral legitimacy. In other words, it doesn't matter if you are actually fascist or not, only if they can make the label stick.

Are you saying that people who have been fighting for 15 years are doing it for extra street cred? Please clarify.

I'm saying that being in antifa is a group of illiberals with questionable OOC history who try to redeem themselves by appearing to fight against another group of illiberals with questionable OOC history.

A free society rests on four boxes: The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the ammo box.

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You from yesterday:"The Reich, having received conflicting reports from various sources on Redlandia's political status, including one from Civil Defence Siren suggesting that the region remains a bastion of Nazism and Fascism, has decided to close our quiet embassy."

The Black Party wrote:Neither is Farkasfalka but that doesn't stop people from spreading lies, does it?

"Don't call me fascist without evidence, but I can call you fascists without evidence!"

Kustonia: "No, I wouldn't actually. I would ban you for saying everyone is equal, deserves equal rights, and for advocating marriage equality, not for saying the government shouldn't allow discrimination based on sexual orientation."

The Black Party wrote:Neither is Farkasfalka but that doesn't stop people from spreading lies, does it?

"Don't call me fascist without evidence, but I can call you fascists without evidence!"

Kustonia: "No, I wouldn't actually. I would ban you for saying everyone is equal, deserves equal rights, and for advocating marriage equality, not for saying the government shouldn't allow discrimination based on sexual orientation."

Nobody in Redlandia, not even the previous founder, believes this.

And it's my fault you don't believe this? Can I also assume it is your fault I don't believe the OP?

LGBT Londontown wrote:Kustonia: "No, I wouldn't actually. I would ban you for saying everyone is equal, deserves equal rights, and for advocating marriage equality, not for saying the government shouldn't allow discrimination based on sexual orientation."

Nobody in Redlandia, not even the previous founder, believes this.

And it's my fault you don't believe this? Can I also assume it is your fault I don't believe the OP?

As I told one of the members of your cabinet, I was fully aware that not all members of Farkasfalka held Kustonia's views. However, your region is virtually silent when Kustonia speaks, and it's pretty saddening that we have to criticize him for you.

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The Black Party wrote:And it's my fault you don't believe this? Can I also assume it is your fault I don't believe the OP?

As I told one of the members of your cabinet, I was fully aware that not all members of Farkasfalka held Kustonia's views. However, your region is virtually silent when Kustonia speaks, and it's pretty saddening that we have to criticize him for you.